EU finds Meta failing to keep under-13s off Facebook, InstagramThe European Union has accused Meta of not effectively preventing users under 13 from accessing Facebook and Instagram, which could lead to...
29 Apr, 2026, 02.38 PM IST
China's state media turns to social media, AI to tell its story - often mock USIn a five-minute AI-generated animation modelled after classic martial arts movies, China's state media frames an allegory for the war in I...
11 Apr, 2026, 08.45 PM IST
Her own murder, She wroteHer mourners struck back, rightfully indignant, seeing as how they had organised fundraisers to raise money for her funeral, while someone ...
18 Jan, 2023, 11.55 PM IST
Meta acts on 2.29 crore content pieces on Facebook, Instagram in NovemberMeta received 2,368 complaints under the IT Rules of 2021 from Instagram users where the highest number of complaints was for an account be...
22 Dec, 2022, 12.33 PM IST
Facebook gives estimate of bullying, harassment on its platforms for first timeFacebook said its bullying and harassment numbers only captured instances where the company did not need additional information, such as a ...
10 Nov, 2021, 10.51 AM IST
Facebook says quickly introduced measures to remove abusive comments against cricketer Shami"No one should have to experience abuse anywhere, and we don't want it on our platforms. We quickly introduced measures to remove the comme...
25 Oct, 2021, 09.34 PM IST
Facebook says refinements in AI helped curb hate speech, sexual and violent contentIt said the "prevalence" of hate speech in the first quarter of 2021 was between 0.05 and 0.06%.
21 May, 2021, 06.11 PM IST
Facebook says hate speech, violent content dropped in Oct-Dec 2020The improvement in prevalence is mainly due to changes Facebook made for reducing problematic content in News Feed, Vice President (integri...
12 Feb, 2021, 12.07 PM IST
Grown an immense amount in India in the past year or two: Adam Mosseri, head of InstagramMosseri said Instagram is trying to prevent bullying on the platform and has looked at creating tools for affected people to take some powe...
15 Dec, 2020, 12.59 PM IST
FB’s new AI-based tool will identify and act against accounts responsible for bullying & harassmentThe company said that it is working on new technology that, it hopes, will be able to enhance its AI tool.
25 Jul, 2020, 06.00 PM IST
Facebook unveils fifth Community Standards Enforcement ReportFacebook said when the COVID-19 crisis emerged, the company had the tools and processes in place to move quickly and it was able to continu...
12 May, 2020, 10.51 PM IST
Facebook, Instagram create anxiety, fear in youngstersOne in three youngsters in the survey said that they lived in fear of cyber-bullying.
19 Jul, 2017, 06.21 PM IST
Young adults being bullied on Facebook are at a greater depression riskThe more severe a person perceived incidents to be, the more likely they were to be showing signs of depression.
09 Sep, 2016, 03.55 PM IST
- Publishers cash on anti-bully campaigns
These days the book industry loves bullies to kick them around. Publishing houses are flooding the market with titles that tackle bullying.
28 Mar, 2013, 10.43 AM IST
- Facebook to lift ban on under-13s joining social network site?
Facebook may relax a ban on children under the age of 13 joining its site after finding that many kids were already using it.
21 May, 2012, 12.23 AM IST
- World's first Facebook bullying alert system developed
A British man has developed what he claims is the world's first bullying alert system for social networking site 'Facebook'.
08 Apr, 2011, 02.49 PM IST
- Anonymity on social networking sites encourage cyber bullies
The trend of cyber bullies is becoming rampant, as users on a social networking site become perfect targets for them.
08 Jun, 2010, 01.53 PM IST